FantasyCon

A convention (also sometimes called the British Fantasy Convention) run by the British Fantasy Society since 1975 which is usually devoted to horror or dark fantasy.

Convention	Dates	Location	GoHs
Fantasycon 1975	February 22, 1975	Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham, UK
Fantasycon II	February 28-29, 1976	Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Robert Aikman
Fantasycon 3	February 26-27, 1977	Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Basil Copper
Fantasycon 1978	February 24-26, 1978	Imperial Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Stephen King
Fantasycon 5	February 23-25, 1979	De Vere Hotel, Coventry, UK	Karl Edward Wagner
Fantasycon VI	October 3-5, 1980	Imperial Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Ramsey Campbell, Jim Fitzpatrick
Fantasycon 1981	July 10-12, 1981	Centre Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Peter Tremayne, Alan Hunter
Mythcon 1982	July 2-4, 1982	Grand Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Tanith Lee, Eddie Jones
Fantasycon VIII	October 14-16, 1983	Imperial Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg
Fantasycon IX	September 14-16, 1984	Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Charles L. Grant, Tanith Lee
Fantasycon X	September 6-8, 1985	Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Robert Holdstock, Diana Wynne Jones
Fantasycon XI	September 26-28, 1986	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Dennis Etchison, Jody Scott
Fantasycon XII	September 4-6, 1987	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	M. John Harrison, George R. R. Martin, J. K. Potter
Fantasycon XIII (also 14th World Fantasy Convention)	October 28-30, 1988	Ramada Inn, London, England	James Herbert, Diana Wynne Jones, Michael Foreman
Fantasycon XIV	October 6-8, 1989	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Thomas F. Monteleone, Stephen Laws
Fantasycon XV	September 14-16, 1990	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Joe Lansdale, Stephen Gallagher
Fantasycon XVI	November 15-17, 1991	Ramada Inn West London	Dan Simmons, Jonathan Carroll
Fantasycon XVII	October 2-4, 1992	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	David Schow, Lisa Tuttle and R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Fantasycon XVIII	October 1-3, 1993	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Peter James, Les Edwards
Fantasycon XIX	September 30 - October 2, 1994	Midland Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Katherine Kurtz, Brian Lumley
Fantasycon 1995 was cancelled due to a "lack of organizers," but regulars gathered instead at the Welcome to My Nightmare Convention in Swansea on Halloween weekend.
Fantasycon XX	October 4-6, 1996	International Hotel, Docklands, London	Christopher Fowler, Tom Holt
Fantasycon XXI (also 1997 World Fantasy Convention)	October 30 - November 2, 1997	International Hotel, Docklands, London	Iain Sinclair, Joan Aiken, Bob Eggleton, Hugh Cave, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Doug Bradley, Rob Holdstock
Fantasycon XXII	September 11-13, 1998	Posthouse Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Freda Warrington, Jane Yolen
Fantasycon 23	September 17-19, 1999	Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Louise Cooper, Raymond E. Feist, Graham Masterton, Robert Rankin, Mike Tucker
Fantasycon XXIV	September 8-10, 2000	Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, UK	Storm Constantine, Stephen Lawhead, Doug Bradley, Stan Nicholls
Fantasycon XXV	September 23, 2001	Champagne Charlie's, London	Hugh Lamb, Simon Clark
Fantasycon XXVI	September 21, 2002	Champagne Charlie's or Tappit Hen, London	Graham Joyce
FantasyCon XXVII	November 21-23, 2003	Tillington Hall Hotel, Stafford	Christopher Fowler, Catherine Fisher
FantasyCon XXVIII	September 24-26, 2004	Quality Hotel, Bentley, Wadsall	Robert Holdstock, Muriel Gray
FantasyCon 2005	September 30 - October 2, 2005	Quality Hotel, Bentley, Wadsall	Mark Chadbourn, Simon Clark, Steven Erikson
FantasyCon 2006	September 22-24, 2006	Britannia Hotel, Nottingham	Neil Gaiman, Juliet E. McKenna, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond E. Feist, Clive Barker
FantasyCon 2007	September 21-23, 2007	Britannia Hotel, Nottingham	Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, Terry Brooks
FantasyCon 2008	September 19-21, 2008	Britannia Hotel, Nottingham	Christopher Golden, James Barclay, Dave McKean
FantasyCon 2009	September 18-20, 2009	Britannia Hotel, Nottingham	Gail Z. Martin, Brian Clemens, Jasper Fforde
FantasyCon 2010	September 17-19, 2010	Britannia Hotel, Nottingham	Lisa Tuttle, Bryan Talbot, Garry Kilworth
FantasyCon 2011	September 30 - October 2, 2011	Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton	Gwyneth Jones, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Peter Atkins, Joe Abercrombie
FantasyCon 2012	September 27-30, 2012	Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton	Joe R. Lansdale, Muriel Gray, Brent Weeks, Mary Danby, Mark Gatiss, Robin Hardy
FantasyCon 2013 (also World Fantasy Convention 2013)	October 31 - November 3, 2013	Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton	Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Joanne Harris, Joe Hill, Alan Lee
FantasyCon 2014	September 5-7, 2014	Royal York Hotel, York	Kate Elliott, Larry Rostant, Charlaine Harris, Toby Whithouse
FantasyCon 2015	October 23-25, 2015	East Midlands Conference Centre & Orchard Hotel, Nottingham	John Connolly, Jo Fletcher, Brandon Sanderson
FantasyCon 2016	September 23-25, 2016	Grand Hotel, St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough	Elizabeth Bear, Frances Hardinge, Adam Nevill, Scott Lynch, James Smythe
FantasyCon 2017	September 29 - October 1, 2017	The Bull Hotel Peterborough	Nancy Kilpatrick, Pat Cadigan, Ben Aaronovitch
FantasyCon 2018	October 19-21, 2018	The Queen Hotel, Chester	Adrian Tchaikovsky, Claire North, Farah Mendlesohn
FantasyCon 2019	October 18-20, 2019	Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, Glasgow	Una McCormack, Jen Williams, Paul Trembley
FantasyCon 2020	September 25-27, 2020	Resource for London, Holloway Road, London	Cancelled due to Covid-19
FantasyCon 2021	2021	The Midlands
FantasyCon 2022	2022	London	Liz Williams, Rivers Solomon

FantasyCon: A short History

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Convention
Website	1975—

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